Chapter 211: Inhuman (19) (1st update + 2nd update + 0.5 update of 7800 thunderbolts) [VIP]

It took a while for the crowd in the ancestral hall to quiet down.

The village chief standing on the upper floor shouted a few words for silence, and the crowd slowly returned to silence.

But Bai Jinshu felt that everyone around him had his own plans. Although everyone seemed to have returned to silence on the surface, the restlessness in their hearts had not subsided at all.

They were no longer interested in listening to what the village chief said. Dajiang called out "Uncle Four" several times before the middle-aged man responded as if waking up from a dream: "Ah? Ah..."

"Fourth Uncle?" Da Jiang's face was full of curiosity. "Was this order really written by that gentleman back then?"

"Ah... yes," Fourth Uncle said absentmindedly, "it's been decades. Maybe your aunt and I remembered it wrongly."

His previous shocked expression didn't seem like he was mistaken.

The entire ancestral hall was devastated because of his words. Who would believe him if he said now that he remembered it wrong?

Obviously, Dajiang didn't believe what his fourth uncle said.

But after a brief moment of surprise, both Uncle and Aunt became distracted and could not get any more answers.

This meeting, which brought together all the villagers, passed by in the midst of their absent-mindedness.

When the show was over, Fourth Aunt suddenly remembered something, turned around and measured the temperature of Bai Jinshu's forehead again, murmured a few words under her breath, "It's better now," and then she and Fourth Uncle left.

Bai Jinshu and Xiao He stood in the ancestral hall, observing the expressions on each villager's face.

"I think..." Xiao He lowered his voice and moved his lips slightly, "This matter should not be that simple."

This was a fire that killed hundreds of people. If it was really done by the villagers in Zhoufu Village, then it is not impossible that everyone spoke with one voice and shifted the blame to others in order to cover up the truth.

After all, according to the two indigenous people, Dajiang and Dahai, the tragedy in Touzhou Village is rarely mentioned, but all the old people around know about it.

Then whenever they ask, they will always get similar answers from different populations.

You know, among people, the less entertainment means there are, the faster gossip and rumors spread. Good news doesn't go out, but bad news travels a thousand miles. For so many years, the people of Zhoufu Village have not been criticized by outsiders for the tragedy of Touzhou Village, which shows that outsiders really think that this incident has nothing to do with Zhoufu Village.

If this is the case, it means that outsiders actually don’t know that the three-year drought in Zhoufu Village was caused by Touzhou Village.

Otherwise, according to the simple values ​​of the people, if you harm me, I will harm you back. This is a natural thing. Even if the victim did nothing, others will think of the other party when the perpetrator encounters some misfortunes that can be created by humans.

No one thought of this. It only meant that although everyone knew that Touzhou Village and Zhoufu Village were fighting each other, they had always fought back and forth before, and the two sides retaliated against each other on the same level. Touzhou Village suddenly caught fire in the middle of the night and hundreds of people died. This was too much. No one would think of their enemy Zhoufu Village.

Because this goes beyond the level of retaliation between the two villages.

However, these are just Fourth Uncle's one-sided statements, and it is still unknown what exactly happened back then.

Bai Jinshu stood in the ancestral hall, watching as most of the people around him had left. Not far away, a few people of his age walked over.

"Brother Er!" Xiao Fei ran the fastest. "I didn't see you this afternoon. I thought you were not in Zhoufu Village but went somewhere else."

"Keep your voice down!" The yellow-haired man grinned behind him.

When Xiao Fei called out "Er Ge", many people around looked over.

Before they entered here, Shi Pang reminded them not to let people around them find out that they were not their real parents.

Xiao He reacted the fastest and quickly raised his voice: "Hey, hey, hey, this is your brother Xiaochuan, how can it be your second brother? Did you see it wrong?!"

Xiao Fei's expression suddenly became tense, and he knew he had said something wrong, so he quickly laughed it off and said, "Ah, yes... I made a mistake, I made a mistake. I spent the whole afternoon moving things, and I was so dizzy that I mistook Brother Xiaochuan for my second brother."

"It's too hot outside, and I didn't eat anything tonight. I feel dizzy..."

The surrounding villagers all withdrew their strange gazes.

The newcomers were all of the same age, and their appearance did not change after entering [Revenge], so most of them got characters of similar age.

There are several hundred people in the village. It is not very big, but not small either. There are many children, but few of the same age.

Their group of newcomers were of similar age, and there were twelve of them in total. Apart from the three big rivers, seas, and small lakes that Bai Jinshu and his group had seen in the fields before, Xiaohan who came to the fields to call people, and Xige who went to ask the master for help, the rest of the people of the same age were basically newcomers who had entered this strange story together.

It is normal for people of similar age to have good relationships with each other. Xiao He found a few reasons to send Dajiang and Dahai away, and all the newlyweds finally gathered together.

After the adults came out of the ancestral hall, they dispersed, some doing their work and some going home.

The weather in Zhoufu Village is too hot during the day, so most of the work that needs to be done outdoors has been moved to after the sun goes down. Normally, this time outside is for a walk or rest after dinner, but in Zhoufu Village, it is still working time.

Every few steps outside, you will see villagers. Everyone is concerned about not letting them know that they have been replaced by a new person, and dares not mention anything other than identity.

"I know a deserted place," Xiao He said after thinking for a while, "There should be no one there now, come with me."

The group walked out of the village and finally stood next to the field where Xiao He and Bai Jinshu had harvested crops during the day.

The crops in the field had almost been harvested, and there was no one around at this point, so everyone found a place and sat down in a circle.

After a few brief exchanges of information, Bai Jinshu finally understood why the traditional working hours in Zhoufu Village were after sunset, but why they were sent to harvest crops in the afternoon when the sun was at its highest.

"Normally, from the time the sun comes out in the morning until the time it sets in the afternoon, it's the rest time for everyone in the village," said Xiao Tang, fiddling with a piece of dogtail grass he had picked up. "But this afternoon, it seems to be an accident. I heard that a few days ago, the village chief has called on everyone to hurry up and finish the summer harvest in preparation for the upcoming ritual."

Except for Bai Jinshu and Xiao He, everyone else was doing some relocation work in the village.

Maybe because there were too many newcomers, there were not enough identities of the right age in [Revenge], so the sisters Shi Xiuzhu and Shi Xiulan were arranged to be twins. Xiao Tang and Huang Mao also got the identities of siblings. The three brothers in Shi Pang's team were also triplets.

This is enough to accommodate the twelve newcomers.

When Bai Jinshu and Xiao He were harvesting the crops, other newcomers in the village were discussing whether the number of triggerers entering here would increase the number of villagers, so that the village would be able to accommodate a considerable number of young and middle-aged people of the same age.

However, this statement was unfounded, and no one could come to any conclusion from the discussion. Instead, Huangmao said casually that if Lao Ma appeared here, he would probably be the only one among all of them to obtain the status of middle-aged. By then, it would be much easier to get information from him than from the younger ones.

The topic ends here.

That whole afternoon, the newcomers who had just entered the dungeon didn't observe anything, but they spent several hours moving things around, and were exhausted when they arrived at the ancestral hall.

It was not until Fourth Uncle blurted out the words "like a list of items" that everyone realized that Ersi and Xiaohe, who had been missing for an afternoon, were with Fourth Uncle.

Bai Jinshu told them the story told by his fourth uncle, and several people on the other side also told them what they had heard.

"What we heard here is that the gentleman that Brother Xi went to invite was the one that the village chief had been asking for more than a month." Xiao Fei spoke first.

"It is said that the gentleman disagreed at first, saying that you chose this path in the beginning and you can't change it. Then the village chief and his people begged for a long time, even threatening death, and finally the gentleman reluctantly agreed," Shi Xiuzhu propped up his head, "Then the village chief wanted to ask him to come quickly, but the gentleman said now was not the time to come, and he had to wait until x number of days later."

"The village chief asked the gentleman to stay here for a few days, but he was rejected," Huang Mao shrugged. "He will bring his stuff and leave when he is done. He won't stay here for more than an hour. That's why we have to rush to clean up the place in the next few days."

"Venue?" Xiao He was surprised.

"A place for rituals, right?" Bai Jinshu frowned.

"Yes, it's the place where the rituals are performed," Shi Xiulan pointed to a large open space in the distance, "right there, it is said that it was a grain field before."

Now all the things piled on it have been almost cleared away, leaving only an empty place. Several other people in Shi Pang's team talked at once and completed the following content.

Probably, the gentleman simply said that coming again would be against the rules, so he would not set foot in this village again. When he came here, he would go directly from outside the village to the threshing ground, perform the rituals and leave without staying here. That's why the villagers had to rush to prepare everything for him.

"What about the list?" Xiao He couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you make any list this time?"

"That's not clear," Xiao Tang shrugged. "Anyway, that's all we know. Forget about the list. We only know what happened back then after you two told us."

That's true.

Only my fourth uncle had mentioned what happened back then. After everyone discussed it, they felt that there must be something fishy going on, but they didn't know what it was. They all planned to go home and ask their elders at home to see if they could get more information out of them.

As the sun was about to set, everyone wanted to ask some questions and came up with a general plot, saying that they were all shocked by the news and wanted to ask their elders whether the Touzhou Village really existed and whether the unusual weather here was related to that gentleman.

After working for an afternoon, everyone was inevitably tired and sleepy. Bai Jinshu felt that the physical condition of this person was indeed not good. He had the most obvious physical reaction among the group. When others only felt a little soreness in their waist and back, he could clearly feel intermittent tingling in his feet, probably blisters.

His exposed arms and neck also began to hurt slightly. Based on his experience, this was definitely a sunburn caused by the excessive sun exposure in the afternoon.

This body was indeed too weak. Even a thick-skinned person like Xiao Tang could tell that something was wrong with Bai Jinshu. He asked, "Ersi, are you okay? Why did you suddenly become so weak?"

Bai Jinshu: ...

"You don't have to keep silent if you can't speak..." He rolled his eyes silently and stood up with the help of the yellow-haired man. "Your physique is too weak for someone of this status. I estimate that after resting tonight, the reaction will be more obvious tomorrow."

Originally, Xiaochuan was not the type of person who could do farm work. After working all afternoon, if he did not stretch or relax his muscles immediately in the evening, when he woke up tomorrow morning, he would probably feel like his waist and legs were not his own.

This small mountain village is remote and there is no fascia gun to be found. Bai Jinshu thought secretly in his mind and felt that he should go home and get a rolling pin from the kitchen to roll the leg muscles and waist muscles first.

Otherwise, given his physical condition, he might not be able to get out of bed tomorrow.

Every time at this time, he particularly missed the identity cards that he would never feel uncomfortable with no matter how he made them after entering the dungeon in the past...

In order to take care of Bai Jinshu, who had the weakest constitution, the group walked slowly towards the village. At this moment, in the gradually darkening sky, the depths of the village not far away suddenly became bright.

Then came a piercing cry: "Fire—"

The newlyweds who were lazily walking on the road were suddenly startled.

"Fire! Fire!"

The originally quiet village suddenly became lively.

The newcomers who had already reached the edge saw many villagers outside the houses drop their work and run towards the direction of the fire.

There were more and more noisy voices in the crowd.

"Get some water! Get some water!"

"Does anyone have a fire extinguisher?!"

"I have it here, I have it here, press here!"

"No! The fire is too big to be put out!"

Before entering the village, a series of noises were heard.

The newcomers didn't care about anything and went back slowly, running towards the direction of the fire.

Bai Jinshu ran the slowest due to his poor physical condition. By the time he arrived, the fire had grown much bigger.

The fire was in a small three-story detached house.

Judging from the architectural style of the house, it is the kind of self-built house commonly seen on residential land in rural areas. The condition of the house is almost unrecognizable, and one can only see that there is a huge fire inside.

The flames rushed out from the open windows of the house, directly towards the crowd outside. Those who came to put out the fire did not dare to step forward. They could only stand far away and use some ineffective well water and fire extinguishers.

But these fire prevention measures are just a drop in the bucket for such a large fire.

The newcomers who arrived at the fire scene a few steps faster than him had already heard a lot about the situation. Many of them were conscripted by their elders and carried buckets back and forth between the well and the fire scene.

There was also someone holding a red fire extinguisher can in his hand, turning his head and spraying it at the burning house.

How could there be a fire extinguisher in such a remote mountain village?

Combined with the previous massacre in Touzhou Village, it is likely that the people of Fuzhou Village had already begun to take precautions after hundreds of people in Touzhou Village died in the fire.

Unfortunately, these precautions were of no use.

In just a few minutes, the flames were so big that they lit up half the sky. Several middle-aged men were rushing to put out the fire that was spreading along the grass beside the house, shouting anxiously: "Why is the fire so big! Don't put it out! It can't be put out! Put out the fire here quickly, and don't let it spread to the house next door!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people woke up as if from a dream and hurried to put out the fire nearby.

Several strong young men were holding hoes and digging a fire-prevention ditch around the grass at the edge of the small house. Many people in the crowd were surrounding a middle-aged couple, a man and a woman. It seemed that these two people were the owners of this small three-story house.

With hundreds of people in a village, these things can be done very quickly.

Ten minutes later, the firebreak was dug out. The fire in the small house grew bigger and bigger. Now, standing more than ten meters away, you can feel the heat wave coming towards you.

The newcomers who were busy putting out the fire finally had some free time. Bai Jinshu grabbed Xiao Tang, who was jumping the most excitedly in the crowd, and asked, "Did you find out? How did the fire start?"

"I don't know how the fire started," Xiao Tang said, but it was as if he hadn't said anything. "By the time we discovered the fire, it was already big."

"Sister-in-law!" A panicked voice suddenly came from the crowd, "Why are there only two of you here?!"

"Where's Xiaochuan? The kid isn't still in the house, is he?!"

As soon as these words came out, the woman in the center of the crowd turned pale instantly, and subconsciously raised her head and began to look towards the fire scene: "Xiaochuan! Xiaochuan! I remember that Xiaochuan seemed to be with Dahai and the others in the afternoon! He should not be in the house!"

She said this without much confidence, obviously frightened by the news that Ogawa might still be in the fire.

"Ah?" Xiao Tang, who had not yet left, was stunned when he heard this, "Is this house yours?"

Bai Jinshu was also stunned.

He has not yet met parents of this identity.

"Here! Here!" An old lady's voice came from behind. She patted Bai Jinshu's shoulder, making him stagger, and kept shouting, "The kid is here! He's fine!"

"Why didn't you agree when I asked you just now?" the old lady said anxiously.

Before Bai Jinshu could answer, the middle-aged woman in the crowd rushed over and hugged him: "Xiaochuan! I'm glad you're okay! I'm glad you're okay! You scared me to death!"

The villagers nearby also quickly chimed in: "As long as the child is okay, even though the house is gone, as long as the people are safe!"

At this point, this is the only way I can comfort myself.

The man who had been standing with the middle-aged woman also ran over, his face full of a look of having survived a disaster: "You didn't say a word here, and your mother and I were scared to death!"

Bai Jinshu was unsure of the character of the previous "Xiaochuan", so he had to pretend that he knew he had gotten into trouble, lowered his head and whispered: "I... I just arrived too."

"How can you talk like that!" The middle-aged woman saw his reaction and immediately turned to her husband and glared at him, "This is not Xiaochuan's fault! Look how scared you made the kid!"

The middle-aged man was scolded, but he was not angry. Instead, he looked like he had done something wrong. He gently patted Bai Jinshu on the shoulder and said, "Dad is wrong. Dad is not angry with you. I was just too impatient just now..."

"Alright, alright, it's better than anything else that the kid is fine!" The middle-aged woman waved her hand, "Xiaochuan, are you tired from working in the fields this afternoon? Do you want to rest for a while? It's too hot here. You'll feel uncomfortable if you stay here for too long. How about going to Aunt Rong's house to rest for a while?"

"Yes, let's go to your Aunt Rong's house," the middle-aged man also said quickly, "Her house has air conditioning, let Aunt Rong's family take you there!"

Bai Jinshu was held in the middle by the two of them and felt it was extremely strange.

The couple spoke to him with utmost concern, and a small house not far away was already ablaze with flames shooting up into the sky.

They are not worried about the house... but are here worrying about whether the children will think it is too hot and uncomfortable...?

You know, it’s their house that’s being burned!

Could it be that... this is the result of reaching level 45 in [Welcome!]?

Bai Jinshu felt strange. Seeing that the middle-aged woman was about to ask someone to send him away, he quickly took the opportunity to ask, "Mom, I'm fine. Why is our house on fire? What's going on?"

The middle-aged woman's attention was indeed diverted.

"Your father and I were both out at the time, so we don't know..." She showed a well-hidden panic on her face, "Maybe there was a short circuit in the wires. Our electrical appliances are too old, so we did replace them, but they haven't been replaced since..."

"That's right..." the middle-aged man also echoed, "Look, the fire is so big and can't be put out. It's probably because of a short circuit in the electrical equipment."

The fire was indeed strangely large.

After the owner of the house and his family of three gathered together, the villagers who came to put out the fire began to whisper.

Bai Jinshu glanced around and saw panic on most people's faces. Most of those who came here to put out the fire were his peers and middle-aged people in their forties or fifties. Most of their peers were the triggers who had no idea what had happened. This led to panic on most people's faces, as if "I'm hiding something from you all, but I can't say it out loud" was written all over their faces.

Back then, hundreds of people died in Touzhou Village overnight due to a fire that came from nowhere. Now similar symptoms have appeared in Zhoufu Village, and it is inevitable that people are panicking.

The fire could not be put out in a short time, and the people around were all sweating due to the overwhelming heat wave. Seeing that the fire could not be put out, everyone retreated from the area.

The village chief also came slowly at this time.

There were a few impatient people in the crowd who ran over immediately and shouted loudly: "Uncle Qi! Xiaochuan's house is on fire! This gentleman..."

The voice gradually became quieter under the gaze of the village chief.

The whole village gathered here. The village chief glanced at the panicked faces and coughed softly, "Where are the Ogawas?"

"Here, here!" A couple surrounding Bai Jinshu quickly agreed.

"Xiaochuan is in weak health, so let's find a fellow villager's house with air conditioning and stay there for one night," the village chief arranged.

"Stay at my place!" someone in the crowd said enthusiastically, "My Xiaoyang and Xiaochuan have a good relationship, so just let them live in the same room! I'll turn on the air conditioner today!"

The "Xiaoyang" beside him is Xiaofei's identity this time.

Bai Jinshu took a look and saw the look Xiao Fei gave him. He knew in his heart that it was probably something he said that made this man so enthusiastic.

Apparently, everyone thought this was fine.

"Xiaochuan" is weak, cannot stand the heat and needs to be protected. These three points seem to be the consensus of the entire village.

"This fire...I'm afraid it won't be put out in a while." The village chief arranged for Bai Jinshu to go, turned around and looked at the small house that was still burning, "I'm afraid the families around here won't be able to live here tonight."

There is such a big fire in the neighbor's house not far away. Not to mention whether it will be very hot, even if you have the strongest nerves, you can't sleep peacefully in such a situation, right?

Several residents nearby nodded, with a hint of worry on their faces.

Although everyone dug a fire-break ditch and temporarily controlled the fire, if the fire grew bigger in the second half of the night and the burning building materials on the roof of the villa fell down, the fire would immediately come back.

No one can sleep well in this situation.

"How about this, everyone please squeeze together tonight," the village chief arranged, "Let the families around here go to other places to rest for the night, and each family will send a man to guard the fire tonight."

He turned around and said to a middle-aged man beside him, "Go get the gong from the village."

“If there’s a big fire at night and the night watchers can’t handle it, they can ring this gong to get everyone out to put out the fire!”

It looked like the fire would not stop burning all night. It was not that Zhoufu Village did not want to call a fire truck, but the mountain road in the village was very winding. Not to mention the fire truck, even the villagers themselves would have difficulty getting up in their broken vans.

In this situation, the best way to deal with it is to leave a few people to watch over the night. The best case scenario is that after the house is burned down, the fire will not spread, and the damage will only be to this house.

The homeowner's family didn't say anything, so naturally no one else had any objections.

Ogawa's father first volunteered to keep watch tonight, and thanked the villagers who were willing to help him. Soon, more than 40 young and middle-aged men came out of the crowd to keep watch tonight.

Xiaochuan's house was located in the very center of the entire village. The fire was shining brightly, illuminating half of the sky even though the sun had not yet set. Most of the children from other families were young men of Bai Jinshu's age. Bai Jinshu was told to have a good rest because of his poor health.

The village chief stood in the crowd and made arrangements for tomorrow. Probably, each family would send one person to go to the town to buy what the gentleman needed.

Every family has to send one person to keep watch at night, one person to go out for purchasing, and a few people have to stay in the village to continue cleaning up the place tomorrow. Suddenly, people became nervous.

Many newlyweds who are only children have to keep watch and go shopping at the same time. It is not easy for those who are not only children either. Although purchasing and keeping watch are separated, everyone has agreed to go to Touzhou Village to have a look, so they will definitely go shopping together tomorrow.

Fortunately, the more than 40 people on night watch can take turns to rest.

After working all day and putting out the fire for such a long time, the newcomers were exhausted and couldn't wait to go to bed.

Everyone mustered up their last bit of energy and listened to the village chief arranging every detail of the night watch, how to purchase tomorrow, and the cleaning of the grain field and summer harvest that had nothing to do with them. Finally, it was time to rest.

The sun had not yet set in the sky, but no one was paying attention to the fact that it was too early to go to bed before the sun set. Everyone was thinking about going back to sleep and rest, and they walked much faster.

Bai Jinshu followed Xiaofei and went to his home.

It is also a small villa similar to Ogawa's.

The one who brought them along was Xiaofei's mother, the Aunt Rong that Xiaochuan's parents had mentioned before. Aunt Rong urged the two children to eat. She was afraid that Bai Jinshu would be tired due to his poor health, so she quickly sent him and Xiaofei to the room to turn on the air conditioner while she and her husband cleaned up the dishes.

Following the light from Bai Jinshu, Xiao Fei rushed into the room, turned on the air conditioner, dived into the bed, and let out a long sigh.

"Huh..." He threw off his shoes, "Er Ge, come and rest quickly. We have to get up and go down the mountain at dawn tomorrow morning, otherwise it will be hot when the sun comes out."

The bed in Xiaofei's room was quite big, more than enough for two people to lie down. He rolled in and lay on the bed with his arms and legs spread out, too tired to speak.

When putting out the fire today, he carried a bucket of water and ran back and forth more than ten times, and his waist was almost broken.

Bai Jinshu sat on the edge of the bed, feeling a little exhausted. His body was too weak. He originally wanted to find a rolling pin to relax his muscles, but now that he had rested, he found that he didn't even have the strength to stand up again.

Xiao Fei was also very tired. He didn't plan to trouble others anymore. He gathered his strength with his eyes half closed beside the bed, then got up and prepared to go downstairs to find a rolling pin.

Just then, the last ray of light in the sky disappeared and the sun finally set.

At this moment, the world in front of him suddenly went dark.

The next second, the world lit up again.

"Xiaochuan?" Aunt Rong was startled. "I was just about to call you. Why are you standing here? How was your rest last night?"

last night?

Bai Jinshu widened his eyes slightly and looked towards the window behind Aunt Rong.

Outside the window, there is the morning light as the sun has just risen a little.

"How come you're up but Xiaoyang isn't? I'll call him!" Aunt Rong hurried upstairs, reminding them, "Breakfast is on the table. After you two eat, hurry to town. Your father was on guard last night. Go shopping today. It'll be hot soon."

breakfast……

If he remembered correctly, it was still the evening of the previous day when he went downstairs.

In order to find a rolling pin to relax his muscles, he ended up switching back to the second before the sun rose the next second after the sun set.

Bai Jinshu felt like his muscles were about to split apart, especially his calves and waist. It got to the point where he couldn't help but grimace every time he moved.

Behind him, Xiao Fei came out of the room with the same shock and disbelief on his face.

"E...Brother Chuan, it's dawn..." Xiao Fei murmured.

"Isn't that nonsense? You kid!" Aunt Rong said in a low voice with disdain, "You even forgot when to go to bed. Come down quickly to eat, and walk faster later! Otherwise, you won't be able to leave the mountain when it gets hot!"

"Brother Chuan..." Xiao Fei looked at a loss as he met Bai Jinshu's gaze.

Bai Jin said: "...it's dawn."

He now understood why the mortality rate of this strange story was so high.

This strange story will last for five whole days and will only take place when the sun is high in the sky, preventing people from sleeping.

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